South Lanarkshire Council provides court social work services on behalf of North Lanarkshire Council in the three Lanarkshire Courts: Airdrie, Hamilton and Lanark. 

Court social work services undertake a range of tasks, including:

• Administration of all requests for Justice Social Work Reports (JSWR).
• Providing information to sentencers on people appearing before the courts.
• Providing sentencers with information regarding home address suitability as a bail option.
• Providing sentencers the option of bail supervision to reduce the use of remand.
• Identifying individuals appearing at court who may be vulnerable and offering guidance and assistance where appropriate
• Liaising with justice social work services, healthcare, prisons and a wide variety of other agencies in relation to court business.